Resilience Playbook

Your go-to guide for accelerating equitable adaptation to the climate crisis in the Bay Area.

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We already know that California is on the frontline of the climate crisis. And here, in the San Francisco Bay Area, climate hazards are hitting some communities harder than others. These impacts, along with our deeply embedded history of exclusionary zoning and growing income inequality, means that people of color and those with fewer resources often bear the brunt of the climate crisis.

We recognize our region has an immense opportunity to take a holistic approach to advancing solutions that address overlapping environmental, economic, and social challenges simultaneously. And yet, where does one begin?

The Resilience Playbook is your go-to guide for accelerating equitable adaptation to the climate crisis in the Bay Area. It offers a holistic approach to advancing solutions that address overlapping environmental, economic, and social challenges. The Playbook brings together curated strategies, recommendations, and tools to support local decision-makers and community leaders wherever they are in their journey.

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Local communities will have access to tools, information, and best practices to make informed, forward-looking planning decisions.



The Resilience Playbook provides background information on key environmental and social issues: equity, water resource management, wildfires, urban development and housing, and open space and nature-based solutions. It is comprised of a collection of curated landmark policies, planning guidance, sample ordinances, and case studies to guide local decision-making.

This digital resource includes curated content by Save the Bay and Richmond LAND, with technical review by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, CA Governor's Office of Planning and Research, Metropolitan Transportation Commission, YIMBY Law, Greenlining Institute, and others.

Greenbelt Alliance advances its on-the-ground advocacy to raise awareness and the adoption of the Resilience Playbook.



We will track city and county land-use and planning updates to help identify opportunities and needs that will be addressed in the Playbook.

As a result, the Resilience Playbook will guide planning processes including: General Plans, Climate Action Plans, Hazard Mitigation Plans, and growth management policies such as Urban Growth Boundaries.

We will host advocacy and training activities with local and regional decision makers, leaders, and community advocates to ensure they understand and implement this new, innovative tool.

RESOURCES & Reports

“If You Want Something Done, Turn to the Powerful Women:” Sonoma County Organization Empowers Latinx Community

CC Ciraolo March 8, 2023

Latino Service Providers is a Greenbelt Alliance partner and we are honored to spotlight the women-led organization with a special interview this Women’s History Month. Alayza Cervantes found her passion to serve the Latino community while studying psychology and Chicano Studies at UC Davis. Born in Sonoma County as a first generation Mexican American, she

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Tell Us What You Think Of The Resilience Playbook!

Greenbelt Alliance February 7, 2023

The Resilience Playbook is a guide for accelerating equitable adaptation to the climate crisis in the Bay Area. It offers a holistic approach to advancing solutions that address overlapping environmental, economic, and social challenges—bringing together curated strategies and tools to support local decision-makers and community leaders wherever they are in their journey Tell us your

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2022 Legislative Agenda: Key Bills We Support for Nature, Housing, and Resilience

Daniela Ades June 21, 2022

Each year, Greenbelt Alliance selects state legislative priorities. Those guide our team in determining opportunities to take action that will further our mission to educate, advocate, and collaborate to ensure the Bay Area’s lands and communities are resilient to a changing climate. Learn more about our legislative priorities here. This year, we’re centering the environmental

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Rethinking Our Connection to Nature: Bay Area Resilience Hotspots

Berna Idriz August 10, 2021

In the Bay Area, we are lucky to have abundant diversity in our natural landscapes, built environments, and cultural expression. It is arguably one of the most unique topographies on planet Earth. Thousands of people travel from all over the world to ponder the towering redwoods of Muir Woods, enjoy the marine wildlife of the

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4 Greenbelt Types that Improve our Response to Wildfires

Daniela Ades July 19, 2021

Wildfire season has arrived earlier than ever this year and is already showing promise to surpass the destruction of 2020. Between January 1 and July 4, there were 4,599 fires that burned 114.8 square miles, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, which represents a spike of 136% in terms of area

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Bay Area Resilience Hotspots: A Natural Tool to Reduce Climate Risks

Berna Idriz July 9, 2021

In life, change is almost always inevitable. Sometimes we embrace it in order to sculpt new realities and better opportunities for our families and communities, and sometimes we push back against it, trying to protect what we have worked so hard to build. There is one significant change that we all have in common. The

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